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92_SB1297enr SB1297 Enrolled LRB9208195ARsb 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 5 changing Section 26-4 as follows: 6 (720 ILCS 5/26-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4) 7 Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized videotaping. 8 (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly 9 videotape, photograph, or film another person without that 10 person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, 11 locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom. 12 (a-5) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and 13 secretly videotape, photograph, or film another person in the 14 other person's residence without that person's consent. 15 (a-10) It is unlawful for any person, using a concealed 16 camcorder or photographic camera of any type, to knowingly 17 and secretly videotape, photograph, or record by electronic 18 means, another person under or through the clothing worn by 19 that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of or 20 the undergarments worn by that other person without that 21 person's consent. 22 (b) Exemptions. The following activities shall be 23 exempt from the provisions of this Section: 24 (1) Videotaping, photographing, and filming by law 25 enforcement officers pursuant to a criminal 26 investigation, which is otherwise lawful; 27 (2) Videotaping, photographing, and filming by 28 correctional officials for security reasons or for 29 investigation of alleged misconduct involving a person 30 committed to the Department of Corrections. 31 (c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to any SB1297 Enrolled -2- LRB9208195ARsb 1 sound recording of an oral conversation made as the result of 2 the videotaping or filming, and to which Article 14 of this 3 Code applies. 4 (d) Sentence. 5 (1) A violation of subsection (a),or(a-5), or 6 (a-10) is a Class A misdemeanor. 7 (2) A person who, by any means, knowingly 8 disseminates or permits the dissemination to another 9 person of a videotape, photograph, or film in violation 10 of subsection (a),or(a-5), or (a-10) is guilty of a 11 Class 4 felony. 12 (Source: P.A. 91-910, eff. 1-1-01.) 13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 14 becoming law.